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Even in the Sixth Week, Strikers Deserve Respect

November 24, 2003 by

There are no two words that bring a skip to my step like Bonus Buy. I'm talking about that wonderful little yellow tag you see at Albertsons when Ben & Jerry's is two for $5.
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Noseless Pop Star’s Arrest Raises Some Eyebrows

November 24, 2003 by

Under our justice system we are all innocent until proven guilty. With this said, I, along with many others, can't break myself from believing that the allegations of child molestation against Michael...
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Drugstore Cowboy: Don’t Wanna Grow Up

November 21, 2003 by

Tuesday, the assistant county editor and I drove up to Neverland after hearing that law enforcement officials were combing Jackson's ranch. I brought along a friend's copy of Jackson's 1979 album "Off...
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CNN Is for Jacko-ffs

November 21, 2003 by

I was watching the CNN coverage of the Michael Jackson situation. I know, it's stupid, it's sensational and only an idiot would care about it. But enough about CNN.
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Schlafly Buzzes About Feminism Inaccurately

November 21, 2003 by

I attended the much talked-about debate between Phyllis Schlafly and Anita Perez Ferguson. Among many of the appalling opinions Schlafly conveyed, I was most offended by the way she incorrectly genera...
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Misquotes, David Crosby Mar Nexus News Stories

November 21, 2003 by

I understand that Isla Vista Master Plan meetings are not exactly Woodward and Bernstein material, but I was disappointed in the last two articles printed in the Nexus as both contain egregious errors...
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12-Year-Old Hot Line

November 21, 2003 by

Those 12-year-old boys have got it pretty damn easy: chasing bullfrogs down at the creek, stealing apple pies from neighborhood windowsills and playing tickle-fight until the wee hours of the morning ...
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Good Intentions Gone Awry

November 20, 2003 by

After reading two editorials and the article about the Halloween post mortem, I felt it was a good time to talk to students directly. My name is Carolyn Buford, and I am the person responsible in larg...
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Food Ain’t Free

November 20, 2003 by

Made a few trips to the dump today. It's expensive to use the dump. Paying someone else to take my stuff got me thinking about the weird ways money works. There is paying for stuff you already own...
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Gender Equality as Elusive as Feminism

November 20, 2003 by

There seems to be a lot of confusion in this country about feminism. Even experts on the subject seem to have a difficult time explaining it. Experts Phyllis Schlafly and Anita Perez Ferguson both adm...
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Full of Myself

November 19, 2003 by

Correction: On Nov. 19, the weatherhuman did not want to write the weather. The weatherhuman, in fact, wanted to go home. And since the weatherhuman is anonymous, and therefore, cannot be fired...
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Poor Guy Can’t Even Stand

November 19, 2003 by

Beer goggles are my favorite party accessory because they compliment almost any outfit. Don't get me wrong, I am horny all the time, but there is a clear-cut difference between typical me and the peni...
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Hype Over Girl-on-Girl Action Excludes Guys | He Said….

November 19, 2003 by

Girl-girl action. Yeah, I just started a column with a fragment. But I also just succeeded in getting the attention of almost every male eye crossing this page. Shameless, but effective.
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Hype Over Girl-on-Girl Action Excludes Guys | She Said…

November 19, 2003 by

Close your eyes and imagine a typical DP party. Keg stand to your right, D.J. on your left, and straight ahead is a crowd of people standing around yelling, "Kiss! Kiss! Kiss!" You push through the cr...
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Eternal Sunshine Isn’t Something to Whine About

November 19, 2003 by

My oceanography teacher stated an interesting opinion that most of you weather-spoiled Southern Californians could associate with. He said, "Santa Barbara must be the coldest warm place I have ever li...
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